Demountable rim



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LEoNARD lr."-Woonnirmn or BERKELEY; CALIFORNIA, AssIGN-OR 'ro PARKER coLLArsI-BLE RIM coRroRArIeN, 0E cHrcAeo, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE.

Y DEMG'UNTLABLE RIM.

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` Application 'and July-e5, 191s. serial No. 24eme.A i

Be it known that I, LEoNnnD P. Woonanni,4 a citizen of the 'United .States residing at Berkeley, in the countyvof Alameda and State of California', haveinvented rcertain new and usef'ull )improvements in Demountable Rims,' of which the following-fisrims for vehicle other member, and having its end beyond the slot lapped. uponthe web of said other mem- -ber the-plate being provided with ay reduced neck that fits the slot inthe lateral dimenwheels upon whichtan inflatable tire Ymay* icounter'sink terminating at'the'slotandprobe -mounted for/'application to or removal Letters Patent of the United StatesN;o. 1,201,129, granted October 10, 1916, I have disclosed a demountable rim comprising -a main section terminating in spaced ends and a toggle section having its members hinged together and to the spacedvends of themam section;

, the hingi'ng together of the parts Abeing accomplished by forming a tongue on o'ne'part passing through a slot on the other part with means to prevent vthe, tongue being withdrawn from the slot and with the portions of the members immediately concerned with the hinge, overlapping to prevent radial dis-'- placement ot the connected partsrelatively to one another; and means to preventA sepa- 'l ration of the parts when in collapsed position, being provided in the form of a proj ection from the'wall of the'slot entering an aperture in, the tonguel which entendsv through the slot.

' The object of the present-.invention is toV improve the construction of the hinging connections entering into the organization of parts above outlined in a manner securely to interlock the relatively movable members of the rim against circumferential separa'- tion or radial displacement when the rim is inv use and to render the surface which receives the t1re smooth land continuous when the rim is locked in distended position and to more iirmly interlock the parts, particularly against displacement relatively to one 'another edgewisepalso to simplify the construction, reduce the number of parts which enter into the organization and better adapt the design of the parts forquantity production by the use of dies. Accordingly,

the connectionsr between the members areV formed bymeans of a plate rigidly projecting from one member across the joint be- .tween the membersoverlying the portion of the web of the other lmember beyond the ducing the effect of notonly presenting a smooth surfaceto the tire but affording abut- .ment in both circumferential directions Jfor the plate; andthe platebeing deflected at its neck so that one pair of shoulders will be in circumferential alinement with the countersunk portion' of the ,web and abut against the edge thereon, andthe other vpair of shoulders will li'e in circumferential alinement with the normal web and abut against the edge ythereof which is left at the end of the countersink; a system of shoulders labutting both circumferentially and'` laterally being thereby developed Vwhichincreases the strength of the joints; and the use "of lateral projections, upon theVE plates or inserted .members ot the hinging. connections, to resist circumferential strains ofy both tension and compression when the rim is in use, and limit intrusion of the plates through the slotl and prevent their withdrawal when the rim is collapsed, being i The invention will be readily understood upon reference-to the accompanying drawings in whiche- Figure l is an edge view of a complete rim embodying the features of. my present invention; 'Y

Fig. 2 is a detail view of one of the sections between a toggle member and the main section as seen from the outside of the rim;

- Fig. 3 is a detail view of the intermediate` hinging connection between the members of vthe toggle;v t

Fig. l.tis a sectionA on rthe line fix-ji* of Fig. 5 is a circumferential radial section showing the several hinging "connections, the section being takeny in kabout the middle plane of Figs. Qto 6 inclusive; f

Fig.,6- is a section on; thelinesiGX-#Gx of.

Fig. 2.

l, 1, represent the main section of the vrim which ispreferably constructed 'with resili ency by severing' it at the point 2 and uniting its members through means yof'rcsilient 1 splicing vplate,'although it may be rendered thus resilient by partially severing it at the point 2, as for instance through its flanges,

leaviner theweb ortion of the rim unse'vered and relying on the original or on specially developed inherent resiliency of this Web portion for flexibility. The rim further comprises the toggle lsection 4c composed of' members la 4b hinged together at and to the members l, 1,-at 6; this toggle and its hingiiig connections being designed to distendthe rim to its normal service condition by pressing the toggle into alinement with the rim and to be self retaining in this posi-- tion under the inherent circumferential compression developed in they rim throughy means of the joint 2, 3, if resiliency is employed therein lor through the circumferential tension imposed by the tire .as the case may be; the joint 2, 3, is preferably given a permanent set. which tends to press the members of the main section together `Whenlever the toggle is collapsed as shoivn in Fig.

. Patent hereinbefore identified.

that receives a hinge plate lid extending rigidly from the member et, as, for instance, by being spot-Welded to its outer face and being, in this instance, countersunk in the web that carries 1t to leave the surface of thev plate in circumferential alinement with the tire-receiving surface; the member 4? belng providedwith a slot 4e through which the plate projects and beyond which slot the.

plate'has an end Lif; lying upon the underside of the web of said member da; and the plate being formed with a reduced neclr if Where -it enters the slot, Which'neclr fits the slot in the lateral direction of the rim and leaves `shoulders 4g on one side of the slot and shoulders lidon the other side Vof the slot.

Moreover, the plate is vdeflected at its neck if in the direction of the radius of the rim, so

'that the shoulders 4g will l-ie in position to abut against the end of the countersinlr in the member' 4a, While the shoulders Lldvivill j aline with the normal positionof the web of the rim, and therefore be in avposition to :abut against the edge of the web left-by the countersinlr. In' this Way the body of the plate et, which is Wider than the slot 4e, has

" firm edgeWise-fbearing againstthe member Which it overlapsand thereby sustains the joint against lateral deflection, which is also assisted by the passage ofthe neckY ,throughthe slot; and said plate also has abutment in expand or contract the rim.

neeipoo both circumferential directions against edges of the web on the members which itoverlaps in a manner to resist circumferential displacement under stresses 'which act either to Moreover, shoulders 4rd limit intrusion of the plate through the slot, and the shoulders 4*" pre lvent Withdrawal of the plate lfrom the slot when the rim is collapsed. By referring to Fig. 5 it Will be seen that the defiected por tion or the offset between the parts -1d,-and flf assumes such aI position relative to the Webs of the toggle kmembers 4, 4, that these parts are kept separated in the circumferential direction by the shearing resistance of the ofl setting part. Moreover the meeting ends of the toggiemembers 42, 4" aswell as their flanges ar.: in abutment at theline ai. which marks the intersection between them.

v'Hinging connection 6 is .produced by a tongue 6a on one of the members, for inv stance a main sectionmember l, entering a slot 6b in the other member', for instance the toggle member 4a or 4b, such tongues extending acrossthe joint between the members and lying in alinement with the web of the .member Where it is exposed toward the tire.

in this instance the web of the member lf3 through which it projects. yTo this end the latter is provided With aseat 6C upon which the inserted end overlaps, which seat is, depressed or countersunk relatively to the Web of which'itforms a part so that the tongue will lie in the plane of the web and Will not contribute any unevenness or roughnessto s forms an interlock to' prevent Withdrawal of the tongue. The countersinlring of the seat 6c is extended transversely of the rim in order to accommodate the laterally enlarged end 6d as Well as the body of the inserted tongue, as will be readily understood from Figsx2 and 6. Preferably the interlocking tongue 6ab is'formed of a separate plate .of metal Gf, 'spot-Welded or otherwise secured to the-underside of the Web of the member 'Which carries it.l Deflection of tongue 6a at the slot 6b leaves the portionof the; tongue presented to the tire,- namely, the enlarged` Ahead 6d, lying in circumferential alinement 4with the web and in position to abut the confines of the countersinki in both lateral directions aswell as both circumferential directions, and' leaves the under portion of the Ytongue lying 1n circumferential 'alinement with the bottom of the countersink. As .will

lbe seen in F ig.v l, when thetoggle is broken inward and therim is collapsed, the toggle members bear substantially transversely upon the tongues whichv protrude through ltheir ends and as shown in Fig. 5, when the` toggle 1s pressed into circumferential pos1,

tion and the rim is distendcd, there is direct abutment between the webs and flanges of the members to resist circumferential,compression. l

Obviously any increased thickness of the web portion due to the lapping of the hinge parts beneath thel same is objectionable since the opening for theinfiating nipple in the rim and wheel telly will be so located as to bring the said overlapped portions in between lthe means'which vsecure the rim to the Wheel. The projecting ends of the inserted tongues can be temporarily deflected in any suitable way to admit the tongue through the slot that receives it and there after straightened out to resist withdrawal' -v slot therein; the splicing' member being countersunk into the web lwhereit is presented toward the tire, and being deflected where it passes through the slot to bring its portions on opposite sides of the slot, in circumferential alinement respectixiely, with the normal portion of the Web and the countersunk portion. thereof, and having its end ,laterally enlarged beyond the slot -which brings it into circumferential bearing against the end of the countersink` 2. In a collapsible tire rim comprising.

main and hinging members, a joint between two members comprising a splicing member rigidly projecting from one member across the goint between the members,overlapp1ng upon the web of the other member, and eX- tending thence through a slot Itherein and overlapping said other member beyond the slot therein; the splicing memberbeing countersunlg into the web where it is presented toward the tire, and being deflected when it passes through the slot t0 bring its pori tions onoppos'ite sides of the slot, in circumferential alinement respectively, with* the normal portion of the web and the countersunk portion thereof, and having its end l laterally'y enlarged beyond thel slot 'which -4 brings it into circumferential bearing against thel end of the countersink; and'said splicing member havin its body portion'on the opposite side of t e slot from its enlarged end, also laterally enlarged relatively to the slot, leaving areduced neck that fits the slot, and providing shoulders which bear against the web circumferentially in the direction to lresist compression of the ring.

vSigned at Chicago,` Illinois, this 22nd day vof July, 1918. y

LEONARD P. WooDBURY. 

